Building people up
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Build others up so they may have Hope in Jesus
Putting people first and pleasing and encouraging other with the attitude of Christ Jesus toward each other.
Putting others first like what Jesus did.
Paul wrote this Letter, to the sophisticated Roman Church. This Letter was filled with practical messages for Christians everywhere
One Mind,
Attitude of of mind toward each other that christ Jesus Had
Psalm 69:9
9 for zeal for your house consumes me,
and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
Romans 15 shares the quote from the o
od Testament
3. not even Christ suited his own pleasure. See Phil 2:6–8 (but suffered death for all, even death on a cross); 2 Cor 8:9. Christ’s giving of his life was motivated by his love for human beings (8:32–35). Love, then, should motivate Christians to please others and to contribute to the upbuilding of all. Life in the body of Christ means that Christians must learn to “bear one another’s burdens” (Gal 6:2). Cf. 1 Cor 11:1 (“Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ”).
Fitzmyer, J. A., S. J. (2008). Romans: a new translation with introduction and commentary (Vol. 33, p. 702). New Haven; London: Yale University Press.